I then swopped around the filters in the DAC itself without any affect. I switched the Bluetooth on and off to see if that was causing interference but no, it wasn’t.

Any piece of hi-fi equipment features ‘filters’, in that case. You can build a pair of speakers to sound neutral, bright or warm. The parts and design are a form of ‘filtering’ on those terms.Moving on to desktop headphones, both units are very capable of driving harder loads, but of course SH-9 was a higher output of 6W in 16 Ohms, meaning that it didn’t have issues driving headphones like Audeze LCD-4 and Hifiman Arya, which sounded great on A50S, but not spectacular. In its defense, A50S has a vaguely different tonality and instead on focusing on absolute linearity, it adds a pinch more bass and midrange making bright sources and headphones a lot more manageable. There are plenty of detail-oriented sources nowadays that are putting treble presence above anything else and A50S should work much nicer with such kinds of sources. With dynamic headphones that don’t require that much power to be moved, I wouldn’t be surprised if people would prefer the A50S in detriment of a more powerful SH-9. Beyerdynamics, most Sennheisers and all Grados should perform better on A50S and most planar-magnetics should perform better on SH-9. How does it compare with the similarly priced iFi Zen CAN Signature 6XX and the more affordable E30/L30 combo? FIL 5 (Linear phase fast roll-off filter) – A “fatter sound” vs #3. It’s a clearer version of FIL 3. It’s not as warm but presents more depth and defogs more of the music. If you really can’t hear any differences? Fine, just listen to your music and forget everything I’ve just said and get on with your life. CYCLE YOUR FIR I played Eric Bibb’s Meeting at the Building at DSD128. A jaunty, jolly affair with a busy soundstage full of secondary percussion, accordion, acoustic guitar and choral vocals to create a melange of musical noise.

iPad and iPhone with Lightning port could use a “Lightning to USB Camera Adapter” and Android devices could use an OTG cable to connect to D50s, then they could serve as a lossless player and you can get much better sound performance from D50s. What would he say? Maybe, “Sorry mate, haven’t got a clue. Have you tried the Gluten Free section?” They present to you the music as is. No coloration, no distortion, no warmth, and NO WARNINGS, BUSTER! The biggest change is the added Bluetooth receiver on D50S, Topping implement best Bluetooth chip currently available on the market, CSR8675 from Qualcomm – this one is capable of receiving AAC, SBC, aptX, aptX-LL, aptX-HD and LDAC for up to 990 Kb/sec wireless transmissions. This is a Bluetooth 5.0 capable chip plus the included antenna will surely help a lot in maintaining a stable and clean wireless signal that should withstand few concrete walls or just cover a much larger area.The jump from Topping D50 to D50S seems like a massive one: better SNR, better cross-talk numbers, dual DAC configuration and the best Bluetooth receiver with widest codec support is the cherry on top. One of our favorite DACs has grown up and become even better. The D50s solidly eliminates the ESS IMD hump, adds the much needed remote control and Bluetooth without a premium in pricing. It makes great pairing with such headphone amplifiers at JDS Labs Atom being roughly equal in size and looks.

In bass terms, the bass guitar offered greater focus while the bass notes from the piano had weight and mass and gave the song a new sense of gravitas. SONCOZ COMPARISON USB of D50s supports DSD64-DSD512(Native) and PCM 16bit/44 1kHz- 32bit/768kHz. Coaxial and Optical support highest PCM 24bit/192kHz and DOP DSD64. The soundstage is enormous. It just wraps multiple layers of music around you. This is one of its most stand out qualities. FIL 7 (Corrected min. phase fast roll-off filter) – This sounds like FIL 6 with more smoothness and a more nose-pinched sound.The Zen Can Sig has a bass boost (they call it “6XX”) *Roll eyes* and a 3 gain stage vs. 2 for the A50s/D50s, but the A50s/D50s has Bluetooth capability whereas the Zen CAN does not.